joy of parenting Tag

The day my daughter was born was the day I stopped saving for her college education. Yup, you read that right. She wasn't even a day old and under some conservative assumptions, her 529 College Savings Plan was fully funded. I started investing in this...

I recently read about an insane time hack involving a microwave and a "ruthlessly" organized university chancellor. Instead of setting cook times of 1:00, 2:00 or 3:00 - this time hacker types in 1:11, 2:22 and 3:33, saving the their index finger one inch of travel...

Being a young parent is a true joy. But with this joy comes tremendous responsibility. I look at my two little girls and wonder how I can instill building blocks - values - that they can career with them into their lives. These values need...

Last week one of my heroes fell. Thankfully it was a fluffy one, so there was a soft landing. It's hard to deny the benefits of delayed gratification. And Walter Mischel's famous marshmallow experiment from the '90s made a resounding case that if there was...

Last week one of my heroes fell. Thankfully it was a fluffy one, so there was a soft landing. It's hard to deny the benefits of delayed gratification. And Walter Mischel's famous marshmallow experiment from the '90s made a resounding case that if there was...

Corporate jobs and Sarah Peck do not mesh well - being slouched in front of a laptop under fluorescent lighting isn't her idea of a career. Sarah's mantra has always been: You don't have to do things the way they're always done. To give herself...

Scott Norton is your prototypical millennial – a tinkerer with a creative and entrepreneurial streak. There’s a narrative that the financial crisis crushed economic mobility for an entire generation of Millennials – in fact, Scott’s first job was at Lehman Brothers in 2008. Yet for...

TIL that Gen Z and millennials are into polyamory - it was 2017's fourth most searched relationship term. Kids these days. Maybe it’s “just a phase.” Maybe it’s the flicker of cultural change, driven by a generation’s willingness to push back on longstanding institutions and question...

Adam Schwartz is the co-founder and COO of TeePublic an e-commerce platform for independent creators. TeePublic is a high growth company with 50+ employees yet is completely self-funded. Is it a lifestyle business? We explore the negative connotation of the term and how it translates...

[su_dropcap style="simple" size="4"]L[/su_dropcap]indsay Beck was an outdoorsy 22 year old who had just run a marathon when she was diagnosed with tongue cancer. The typical procedure: removing your tongue and communicating via whiteboard for the rest of your life. But at 22? With a life...